Carolyn J. Johnsen - Lawyer in Phoenix, AZ

Carolyn (CJ) Johnsen has over 30 years experiencerepresenting debtors, creditor committees, and lenders in complex multi-milliondollar reorganizations. Her expertise spans a wide-range of industriesincluding healthcare, mortgage lending, real estate, manufacturing, retail,refining, hospitality, aviation and energy-related. She was lead counsel in oneof the largest real estate bankruptcies filed in Arizona, has counseledArizonas largest utility company on bankruptcy issues, and has confirmednearly 50 chapter 11 plans in the course of her career.

Ms. Johnsen has advised private and public corporations in formulating andimplementing managerial, personnel and operational structures. Ms. Johnsen hasalso guided numerous boards and senior managers in developing strategies andsolutions for revising operations and restructuring debt to effectuate theemergence of a stronger business through bankruptcy, or to take advantage ofacquisition and sale opportunities, including the application of bankruptcyprocedures favorable to corporate securities regulation compliance. Inaddition, Ms. Johnsen has negotiated multiple multi-million-dollar transactionswith lenders, investment bankers and brokers, asset purchasers and sellers, andgovernmental agencies.

Ms. Johnsen has received awards for her successful reorganization efforts bythe Turnaround Management Association and the M A Advisor. She wasselected one of Arizonas Top 100 lawyers in 2019.